Drawer-locking mechanism for wardrobe trunks



s. SILVERMAN DRAWER LOCKING MECHANISM FOR WARDROBE TRUNKS Filed Feb. '16, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet i NV E NTO R 527ml fill/070 14 j BY v ATTORNEYS Patented Get. 25, 1927.

smvrUE-E SiLVERMAN, or NEWARK- HEW J-EEsEY, AssIe'NoE TO THE n t-IronmoneoEnsi/rrrir co, a conronarro'n oE NEW JE-EsEY.

DRAWER-LOOKING MEcHAEIsi/r EOE wAEnEoBE-TEI INKss Application filed February 16,1926. Serial No. 8 8,538,

This, invention relates, generally, to improvements in wardrobe trunks; and the 1nvention has reference, more particularly, to

an improved means for simultaneously looking a plurality of drawers with which one of the trunk sections is ordinarily provided. 1

The invention to provide a strong, durable and easily manipulated locking means to serve all the drawers in the drawer section, of a" wardrobe trunlns and which is of such character that the same may beq'uickly and easily moved to either locked or released relation to the drawers by one operation.

-The invention has for a further" object to provide novel drawer locking means adapted to provide a" two-pointengagement with each drawer, whereby the drawers are secured at points adjacent to each side thereof, thus firmly retaining the same, and avoiding both'undue play and undue stresses and strains on the drawerf-bodies. I I @Other Objects of'this invention, not at F this time more particularly enumerated,

will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the same. "WViththe various ob'ects of this invent on in view the same consists, primarily,in' the ovadrawer locking, means hereinafter 'set forth and, the invention consists, furthermore in the novel airangements and comb nations of the various devices and parts, as well as injthe detailso'f the construction of the same, all of which will befmore fully described in the following specificatiomand then finally embodied in the" appended claims. a r i The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings," inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of award robe trunlgopen'edto show the drawer section, the latter section being partly broken away -'to show the location of the novel drawer locking means made according to and embodying the principles of this invention;

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section taken through the drawer section of the trunk, showing the locked position of the drawer locking means; Figure 3' is a similar view, showing the released position of said drawer locking meansyFigure l is a fragmentary perspective, somewhat enlarged,

and showing the means for manipulating the a drawer locking elements; and Figure 5 is a for its principal object" perspective of a drawer member showing. the locking bar receiving sockets thereof and portions of the locking bars which cooperate therewith.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the hereinabove described vie'w's,.to indicate corresponding parts,

Refcrringnow'to said drawings, the ref erence character ,6 indicates the drawer, con: taining section of awardrobe trunk, pro vided on'itsinterior sides with suitably. disposed supporting slideways 7, upon which "tliesevera'l drawers 8 are movably'ca'rried in the usual manner Connected with the rearwall 8" of each drawer, adjacent to each side of the latter, are socket brackets 9, having rearwardly off-{set inwardly directed' lock tongueslO, which are parallel to but spaced away from the rear wall 8 so asto provide receiving sockets adapted lto I admit the locking bar elements,- to be subsequent- 1y described, beneath said lo'ck-tongues 10.

Pivotally mounted on a fulcrum stud 11 which is fixed to'the rear wall 6 of the trunk sectionfti adjacent to theftop end thereof, and "intermediate the sides thereof, is a rotatable lever 12 having oppositely directed free end portions 13 and 13. A similar rotatable lever 14 having oppositely directed free end portionsi'lf) and '15 is mounted on a fulcrum stud ldadjacentto the lower end of said trunk section 6, and

crum stud 11;

in'vertical alignment with said upper ;ful}- wardly from the front side of saidtrunk section 6 toward the rear "wall thereof. Connected with the inner endof said shaft 20 is a crank-arm 2l,the free end of which is pivotally coupled with the extension 18 of said transmission bar 17-." Connected with the outer end of said shaft 2O "isa lever arm22. Hingedly secured to said lever arm 221s a lock hasp'2'3, which can beturned down, when the shaft 20 is rotated to "bring the drawer locking mechanism. into locked position, 'so as toyinterlock with the front of the upper drawer through the medium of any suitable keycontrolled lock-mechanism 23'. I The reference characters 24: and 2 1- 1nd1- cate vertically disposed lockingbars which are laterally movable 1n guide yokes 25, the

lever 12 and the upper end of the-locking bar 24; is a link 26, and in like manner, interconnected between the free end portion 15 of the rotatable lever 14 and the lower end of said locking bar 24 is asimilar link 27. Interconnectedbetween the free end portion 13 of the rotatable lever 12 and the upper end of the locking bar-24L is a link 26, and in like manner, interconnected between the free end portion 15 of the rotatable lever l land the lower end of said locking bar 21 is a link 27. 1 I VVhen the drawers 8 are inward ly thrust to closed position within the trunk section 6, and the drawer locking mechanism is disposed in lockedrelation thereto, said locking bars 2&1 and 2 1 will be respectively entered beneath the lock tongues 10 of the socket brackets 9 at. the respective sides of the rear,

end of each drawer, thus retaining said drawersSagainst outward movement. When the locking mechanism is thus disposed in locked relationto the drawers, the lock-hasp 23 is swung down into inter-locked relation to the lock-mechanism 23 of the top drawer, as shown in Figure, 1. WjVhen thus disposed and conditioned, the drawer locking mechanism is secured against surreptitious or unauthorizedVmanipulation, so that only the possessor are proper key may releasethe sametormanipulation. V a

The possessor of a proper key, when desirous of unlocking the drawers 8, inserts the said key in the hasp lock device and unlocks the same so that the lock-hasp 23 may be disengaged frolnth-e top drawer. The lockhasp being free, the operator thereupon turns or swing'siupward the lever arm 22, thereby rotating the shaft 20 to transmit a clownward swingingrmovementto the crank arm 21 connected with the inner end of said shaft 20.- The downward swinging movementof said crank-arm 21 produces a downward longitudinal movement of said transmission bar 17, which by reason of its pivotal connection with the respective rotatable levers 12 and 14, causes the same to turn on their fulcrums from a substantially normal horizontal position, to a substantially vertical position. The turning movement of said levers l2 and 14 swings downwardly the respective free; end portions 13 and 15 thereof, and upwardly the respectivefree end portions 13 and 15" thereof. This movement operatestodraw inwardly and laterally toward each other, the respective l cking bars 24 and 24, the

Interconnected between: the 'free end portion 13'of the rotatable movement being transmitted to saidrespective locking bars by the links 26 and 27 and 26 and 27. The inward lateral movement ofsaid locking bars 24 and 2 1 withdraws the same from beneath the lock tongues of the socket brackets 9 connected, with the rear of each drawer, and consequently frees said drawers from the restraint of said lock- 1 ing' bars, so that the drawers may be selectively opened at the will of the operator,

7 .all as will be understood from an inspection or Figures 2 and 5 more particularly. It

will be understood, that a reversal of the above described operationswill, after, the

drawers 8 are closed, .reengage the locking bars 24 and 24 with the lock tongues 10 of the socket brackets 9, whereby said drawers are all simultaneously returned to locked condition. 1 y r i i From the above description it will be evident that I haveprovided a relatively simple, and yet very effective drawer lockingmech anism for wardrobe trunks, which operates to securely retain the drawers in locked position, with a minimuinot strain upon the drawer bodies per se, since each drawer is subject to a two-point engagement of the locking mechanism therewith.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: i

Q1, The combination with the drawer section of a wardrobe trunk provided witha plurality of vertically alignedslidabledrawers,each drawer havingsocket bracketsat its rearward end adjacent to each side thereof, of a locl'r'ing nechanism movable into and out of engagement with saidsocket brackets, said locking mechanism comprising vertically spaced rotatable levers fulcrumed 011 the interior of the rear wall of said drawer section, said rotatable levers having oppositely projecting free end portionfs, a vertical transmissionbar pivotally connected with and between corresponding free end portions of said rotatable levers, laterally movable locking bars respectively positioned to engage the drawer socket brackets at opposite sides of said drawers,

for manipulating the same.

'2. A locking mechanism for the drawer sect on ofwardrobe trunks, comprising vertically spaced rotatable levers fulcrumed on the interior of the rear'wall of said drawer,

section, said rotatable levers having oppos1tely pro ect1ng free end portions, a vertical transmlsslon bar plvotally connected with and between corresponding free end portions of said rotatable levers, laterally movable locking bars respectively positioned to engag-e'n'ieans at opposite sides of the drawers of said drawer section, links interconnecting corresponding free end portions of said rotatable levers with the upper and lower ends of said respective locking bars, a rotatable shaft mounted at the top of said drawer section, said shaft having at its inner end a crank arm connected with the upper end of said transmission bar, a lever arm on the exterior end of said shaft for rotating the is positioned to move the drawer locking mechanism to locked engagementwith said drawers.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set 20 forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 26 day of December, 1925.

' SAMUEL SILVERMAN. 

